Upon hearing this, Yu Xiaoqiu froze, standing there in a daze.

She never expected that a job would come knocking on her door, and that she would get a dime for making a pair of hair accessories!

In her opinion, this was like a windfall.

Her eyes instantly reddened, and her voice trembled uncontrollably: "Aunt Meng, does this job require me to leave home? I have my mother-in-law and children at home. If I have to go out, I... I really can't leave."

Yu Xiaoqiu desperately wanted an opportunity to earn money. The harvest from the fields was poor, and there wasn't enough food to feed her family. If she could have this income, at least her children would be able to have enough to eat.

Meng Shuyun quickly said, "Just do it at home. You'll learn it after one try, and the more you do, the more you earn."

After saying that, Meng Shuyun took Yu Xiaoqiu home and explained the basic requirements for making hair accessories to her.

Yu Xiaoqiu was skillful and mastered the technique after learning it only once. She was very grateful and bowed deeply to Meng Shuyun.

...

Upon entering the courtyard, Meng Shuyun saw Su Xiulan waiting for her, wearing a coat.

"Mom, you're back. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have brought it up at dinner..."

Su Xiulan looked at Meng Shuyun, her eyes filled with tears, and her expression was not good.

"You silly child, why did you come out for this? I didn't mean to blame you," Meng Shuyun quickly stepped forward to comfort her.

The two sisters were completely unaware that Su Xiangyang, that scoundrel, had stolen money and robbed them; telling them would only add to their troubles.

Su Xiuju stepped forward to support Su Xiulan and looked at Meng Shuyun, saying, "Mother, please don't blame Second Sister, okay?"

Meng Shuyun looked at Su Xiuju and wondered which of her eyes had noticed she was angry.

If you can't speak properly, then don't talk nonsense!

Meng Shuyun plopped down on the stool next to the sewing machine, and Meng Kangshun poured her a glass of water.

"I'm not angry, don't misunderstand. Su Xiangyang is an ingrate, he's not worth it..."

She recounted all the stupid things Su Xiangyang had done, and then sighed helplessly.

“This is the path he chose to take. If you see Su Xiangyang when you go out in the future, don’t pay attention to him. That’s not helping him, that’s harming him, understand? If he’s still robbing and stealing, call the police immediately.” After saying that, she drank the last sip of water in her glass and took out some money from her pocket.

The reward for making the clothes was one thousand yuan. The first time, Meng Shuyun went to the street and sold sixty pairs of flowers. She delivered two goods, totaling four hundred pairs of flowers, at four mao per pair. The cost of the gauze was fifty yuan, but she only used half of it. She spent 80 yuan on the fabric for the clothes and fifty yuan on the eight chickens.

Meng Shuyun counted out 1,010 yuan and placed it in front of Meng Kangshun. "Six hundred and sixty is the rent, three hundred is the money you gave to Xiuju, and the remaining fifty is the dividends that Touhua has earned these days."

"After deducting costs, each person can get fifty yuan."

She divided the money into three parts, and everyone except Su Xiulan received their share.

"Mother, I didn't help much, I don't need that much."

Su Xiuju refused and placed the money in front of Meng Shuyun.

"I didn't do anything, so I can't accept this money."

Meng Kangshun also placed the money in front of Meng Shuyun.

Meng Shuyun distributed the money again, saying earnestly, "Everyone is equal. I've said it before, we all earn money together. Xiuju rushes home every day after work to make hair accessories and sew."

Needless to say, Kang Shun has brought in so many orders and helped out in every way, which is evident to everyone.

No one's contribution is less than anyone else's; everyone contributed their effort.

Su Xiuju still pushed her share back, saying, "Mother, then consider this my food allowance, you should still keep it."

Meng Kangshun followed up, saying, "Yes, Mother, I eat the most in this family, so you should charge me even more! I don't want to eat for free."

Meng Shuyun sighed, thinking to herself, "What outdated ideas do these two have? They have money but they're pushing it away."

Seriously, are they all stupid?

Su Xiulan joined in the fun, taking out fifty yuan and placing it in front of Meng Shuyun.

"This is my living expenses."

“All of you, keep your money safe. I told you I can support you all. This is just the beginning; you'll earn even more in the future. You can live at my house; I'll provide you with food and drink.”

"I'll buy groceries from now on." Su Xiuju carefully put the money away.

"I'll buy rice, flour, oil, and meat," Meng Kangshun said with a smile as he followed.

“I…” Su Xiulan had only uttered one word when Su Xiuju interrupted her.

"Second sister, you stay home and take care of the kids and the house, you don't have to do anything."

"Xiuju is right. You can stay home. After you finish your confinement period, you will have to go back to work at the supply and marketing cooperative. I will take care of the baby then, and you will have to come to buy the fabric."

Su Xiulan smiled, took the money back, and said, "Okay, I'll buy the fabric."

...

The next evening, Meng Shuyun was in the courtyard counting the hair ornaments that Zhang Laidi had brought.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Laidi and her daughter-in-law were so capable that they made 360 ​​pairs of hair ornaments in just two days, exceeding her expectations and even more than the 300 pairs she had thought of.

"That's 36 yuan in total, shall we count it?" Meng Shuyun handed over the counted money.

Zhang Laidi carefully put the money into her pocket, smiled at Meng Shuyun, and looked at her with relief.

"I have complete confidence in the number counted by Sister Meng. There's no problem with the amount. I'll go back to cook for my family now and won't bother you any longer."

Just after Zhang Laidi left, Yu Xiaoqiu came to the door carrying her child on her back and a cloth bag in her hand, which contained hair accessories.

"Xiao Qiu, you're here. How much have you done?"

"Aunt Meng, I'm slow, I've only done forty pairs..."

Actually, she wanted to do more, but there were too many chores waiting for her at home, so she would immediately start making hair accessories as soon as she finished her work.

It was dark and we couldn't see anything. We were so poor that we couldn't even afford to light candles.

"Great, you're really amazing. I can't sew as fast as you by hand! And you take good care of everything inside and outside the house."

Yu Xiaoqiu lowered her head shyly after being praised. No one had ever said this to her before. People who saw her only looked down on her for being poor and dirty.

"One cent a pair, four dollars in total. This is the labor cost, you can count it."

Meng Shuyun handed over the money.

The hair accessories have been inspected and all passed inspection. The stitches are tight, and there are no loose threads or irregularities.

"Sister Meng, just give me two yuan, I still owe you two yuan..."

“I’m not in a hurry for those two dollars right now. You can give it to me when you have more money later. You need the money more than I do right now.”

Besides, when they raised the money, there was no agreement on when it would be repaid. Don't be so stubborn.